κυνώπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ης (-ēs), thus Literally, “dog-eyed”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.nɔ̌ː.pɛːs/ → /cyˈno.pis/ → /ciˈno.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nɔ̌ː.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈno.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈno.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈno.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pis/

Adjective

κῠνώπης • (kunṓpēs) (feminine κῠνῶπῐς)

1. shameless

Declension

Masculine forms:

First declension of ὁ κῠνώπης; τοῦ κῠνώπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠνώπης ho kunṓpēs	τὼ κῠνώπᾱ tṑ kunṓpā	οἱ κῠνῶπαι hoi kunôpai
Genitive	τοῦ κῠνώπου toû kunṓpou	τοῖν κῠνώπαιν toîn kunṓpain	τῶν κῠνωπῶν tôn kunōpôn
Dative	τῷ κῠνώπῃ tôi kunṓpēi	τοῖν κῠνώπαιν toîn kunṓpain	τοῖς κῠνώπαις toîs kunṓpais
Accusative	τὸν κῠνώπην tòn kunṓpēn	τὼ κῠνώπᾱ tṑ kunṓpā	τοὺς κῠνώπᾱς toùs kunṓpās
Vocative	κῠνώπη / κυνόπᾰ kunṓpē / kunópa	κῠνώπᾱ kunṓpā	κῠνῶπαι kunôpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Feminine forms:

Third declension of ἡ κῠνῶπῐς; τῆς κῠνώπῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠνῶπῐς hē kunôpis	τὼ κῠνώπῐδε tṑ kunṓpide	αἱ κῠνώπῐδες hai kunṓpides
Genitive	τῆς κῠνώπῐδος tês kunṓpidos	τοῖν κῠνωπῐ́δοιν toîn kunōpídoin	τῶν κῠνωπῐ́δων tôn kunōpídōn
Dative	τῇ κῠνώπῐδῐ têi kunṓpidi	τοῖν κῠνωπῐ́δοιν toîn kunōpídoin	ταῖς κῠνώπῐσῐ / κῠνώπῐσῐν taîs kunṓpisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῠνώπῐδᾰ tḕn kunṓpida	τὼ κῠνώπῐδε tṑ kunṓpide	τᾱ̀ς κῠνώπῐδᾰς tā̀s kunṓpidas
Vocative	κῠνῶπῐς kunôpis	κῠνώπῐδε kunṓpide	κῠνώπῐδες kunṓpides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “κυνώπης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κυνώπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κυνώπης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• κυνώπης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “κυνώπης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κυνώπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press